Clinical Trial Studying Possible New Treatment Option for Patients with NAFLD
August 23, 2023
$9 million grant awarded to researchers with UC San Diego School of Medicine supports new study of semaglutide for liver disease.
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Multimillion-Dollar Grant Funds New Vaccine Effort to Prevent Strep Throat Infections
September 3, 2019
CARB-X, an international funder of efforts to fight antimicrobial resistance, is awarding up to $15 million to develop a strep throat vaccine based on original research at UC San Diego.
UC San Diego Tops List for Highest Number of Women Graduates in STEM
June 29, 2016
A recent study by BestColleges.com analyzing which colleges enroll and graduate women with majors in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) found that the University of California San Diego tops the list with one in three women graduating with a STEM degree. UC San Diego’s proportion of STEM graduates is…
Statins Reduce COVID-19 Severity, Likely by Removing Cholesterol That Virus Uses to Infect
September 23, 2020
Analyzing anonymized patient medical records, UC San Diego researchers discovered that cholesterol-lowering statins reduced risk of severe COVID-19 infection, while lab experiments uncovered a cellular mechanism that helps explain why.
A Walk in her Flip Flops — El Centro Mayor Shares Story of Kidney Cancer
October 9, 2024
El Centro Mayor, Sylvia Marroquin, shares her journey with kidney cancer and how a clinical trial at UC San Diego Health saved her life.
UC San Diego Researchers Demonstrate Automotive SafeShield with Qualcomm
April 18, 2016
The Laboratory for Intelligent and Safe Automobiles (LISA) at UC San Diego had a presence at the 2016 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas as part of a Qualcomm automotive pavilion and demo. It was the lab’s second CES-related demo in three years.
New Chair Named for Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences
July 1, 2021
After a nationwide search, Cynthia Gyamfi-Bannerman, MD, has been named chair of the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences at University of California San Diego School of Medicine and UC San Diego Health.
Drug Suppresses Spread of Breast Cancer Caused by Stem-like Cells
December 11, 2017
Rare stem-like tumor cells play a critical role in the spread of breast cancer, but a vulnerability in the pathway that powers them offers a strategy to target these cells using existing drugs before metastatic disease occurs, report University of California San Diego School of Medicine and Moores Cancer Center…
UC San Diego, San Diego Community College District Receive Combined $2.7M from Mellon Foundation
December 18, 2019
With support from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, UC San Diego and the San Diego Community College District are building a pipeline of successful undergraduate and graduate students, resulting in a new generation of leaders who will reshape the value and meaning of an education in the humanities.
CDC-Recommended Non-Profit Launches “MotherToBaby CA” In Time for Mother’s Day
May 8, 2013
As Mother’s Day approaches, the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine announces MotherToBaby CA, the new name of its free, statewide counseling service that connects experts in the field of birth defects research with moms-to-be and the general public.
